Issue with Search API returning different results

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Hi,

I'm trying to use the Search API to search for a podcast via a Spotify application.

When I try to use the Web Console, everything works fine. However, when I try to run the same logic via a Python script, the API response is different - potentially missing data. Here is the API response I receive from my script: 

{'shows': {'href': 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=dear+hank+%26+john&type=show&offset=0&limit=20',
  'items': [None, None],
  'limit': 20,
  'next': None,
  'offset': 0,
  'previous': None,
  'total': 2}}

I'd appreciate it if someone can point me in the right direction of figuring the error out from my side.

[Hubo]

Hey there, thanks for reaching out here!

Hmm, let's dive into this! Could you try to do this search without the "'" (apostrophe)? Does the API return the right results? Let me know how you get on!

Have a good one,
Hubo

[Freedom_Dev]

We are seeing exactly the same problem

Simple example to lookup track by isrc:USSM11906291

Result returned by OAuth token from search console (and expected result)

https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-search-item/?q=isrc%3AUSSM11906291&type=&market=&limit=1&o...

curl -X "GET" "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc%3AUSSM11906291&type=track&offset=0&limit=1" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxx"
{
  "tracks" : {
    "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc%3AUSSM11906291&type=track&offset=0&limit=1",
    "items" : [ ],
    "limit" : 1,
    "next" : null,
    "offset" : 0,
    "previous" : null,
    "total" : 0
  }
}{
  "tracks" : {
    "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc%3AUSSM11906291&type=track&offset=0&limit=1",
    "items" : [ {
      "album" : {
        "album_type" : "single",
        "artists" : [ {
          "external_urls" : {
            "spotify" : "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr"
          },
          "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr",
          "id" : "1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr",
          "name" : "Tyla Yaweh",
          "type" : "artist",
          "uri" : "spotify:artist:1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr"
        } ],
        "available_markets" : [ "AE", "BH", "BY", "EG", "ID", "IN", "JO", "KR", "KW", "LB", "MY", "OM", "PH", "PS", "QA", "SA", "ZA" ],
        "external_urls" : {
          "spotify" : "https://open.spotify.com/album/5rYqahY5a5JngAtWhGsDxd"
        },
        "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/5rYqahY5a5JngAtWhGsDxd",
        "id" : "5rYqahY5a5JngAtWhGsDxd",
        "images" : [ {
          "height" : 640,
          "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273fed5753dfd79d9ccabd1c8ab",
          "width" : 640
        }, {
          "height" : 300,
          "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02fed5753dfd79d9ccabd1c8ab",
          "width" : 300
        }, {
          "height" : 64,
          "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00004851fed5753dfd79d9ccabd1c8ab",
          "width" : 64
        } ],
        "name" : "I Think I Luv Her (feat. YG)",
        "release_date" : "2019-09-27",
        "release_date_precision" : "day",
        "total_tracks" : 1,
        "type" : "album",
        "uri" : "spotify:album:5rYqahY5a5JngAtWhGsDxd"
      },
      "artists" : [ {
        "external_urls" : {
          "spotify" : "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr"
        },
        "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr",
        "id" : "1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr",
        "name" : "Tyla Yaweh",
        "type" : "artist",
        "uri" : "spotify:artist:1MXZ0hsGic96dWRDKwAwdr"
      }, {
        "external_urls" : {
          "spotify" : "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0A0FS04o6zMoto8OKPsDwY"
        },
        "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/0A0FS04o6zMoto8OKPsDwY",
        "id" : "0A0FS04o6zMoto8OKPsDwY",
        "name" : "YG",
        "type" : "artist",
        "uri" : "spotify:artist:0A0FS04o6zMoto8OKPsDwY"
      } ],
      "available_markets" : [ "AE", "BH", "BY", "EG", "ID", "IN", "JO", "KR", "KW", "LB", "MY", "OM", "PH", "PS", "QA", "SA", "ZA" ],
      "disc_number" : 1,
      "duration_ms" : 160742,
      "explicit" : false,
      "external_ids" : {
        "isrc" : "USSM11906291"
      },
      "external_urls" : {
        "spotify" : "https://open.spotify.com/track/46jINX5I0agia69cDovyYg"
      },
      "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/46jINX5I0agia69cDovyYg",
      "id" : "46jINX5I0agia69cDovyYg",
      "is_local" : false,
      "name" : "I Think I Luv Her (feat. YG)",
      "popularity" : 1,
      "preview_url" : "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/c09049f6f62d361c78e1d2d97318b15900a4a4fd?cid=774b29d4f13844c495f206cafdad9c86",
      "track_number" : 1,
      "type" : "track",
      "uri" : "spotify:track:46jINX5I0agia69cDovyYg"
    } ],
    "limit" : 1,
    "next" : null,
    "offset" : 0,
    "previous" : null,
    "total" : 1
  }
}

However, results returned by using token generated from client id/secret

curl -X "GET" "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc%3AUSSM11906291&type=track&offset=0&limit=1" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Barer xxxx"
{
  "tracks" : {
    "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?query=isrc%3AUSSM11906291&type=track&offset=0&limit=1",
    "items" : [ ],
    "limit" : 1,
    "next" : null,
    "offset" : 0,
    "previous" : null,
    "total" : 0
  }

 While other ISRC seems to work fine? ex: USWB11902981

[Freedom_Dev]

Additionally, we have found following ISRCs returns data after client auth
USSM11600446
USWB11901040
USWB11901041
USWB11901840

However, using in spotify console with user auth, these ISRC returns no data for some reason